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Day 49
Traverse Town
Time - Endless Night
"... Right." You start running. "Come on!"
Pinkie trails a bit behind you, doing her best to keep Kairi on her back, but is keeping as good a pace as she can.
"Dance, water, dance!" You hear the crash of water. "HA! LIKE IT!? ... Uh oh. OW OW OW GET OFF OW-"
Was it... really okay to just leave him like that?
You push forward, finding more conventional enemies ahead. You manage to push through them, though you take a few scratches in the process (5 HP Damage), and make it to Ninth District.
"... Riku? Pinkie?" Rinoa calls out. "Thank goodness you made it! Mr. Dumbledore called ahead - go, go! We'll cover you!"
You give her a curt nod, and rush through the hordes as Rinoa and Squall hold them off.
You eventually push into the Bunker at Tenth, and you are ushered to the hospital. Dr. Haruno, Serah, and Light are treating a number of injured fighters, and the turtles from before are recuperating, reporting to Laguna that Fourth District has fallen into enemy hands. Those creatures you saw before are flooding the area, and proving nigh-invulnerable.
Serah looks up from the swordsman she's treating and sees you enter. "Riku...?"
You carefully lay Sora down on an empty patch of floor - one of the few currently unoccupied. Pinkie slips Kairi down next to him.
"What on earth happened?" Serah asked.
The words grind out before you have time to think. "
Pinkie did something, and Kairi got
that." You point at her chest, where the light continues to flow outwards. "Sora tired to help her... but now he's out, too, and I'm goddamned
useless to help them, I can't even
touch Kairi or else I'd have taken them both
myself and-"
Pinkie flinches at your accusation. But who cares? It's true, right?
Serah grabs you by the shoulder. "... It's okay. We'll figure out what's wrong with them, and they'll be right as rain. Let's get you checked out, first -"
"No!" You half-shout, drawing the attention of most of the people in the room. That... came out harsher than you had wanted it to. "... Sorry. But I'm fine.
They're the ones who need help-" She whaps you on the head with a free hand.
"You're hurting too, dummy! I'll let Dr. Haruno know what's happened, so she can get to them, and I'll patch you up. Okay?"
"... Fine."
You begrudgingly let her sit you down, and as you watch her talk with Dr. Haruno, Light comes up to you, and starts checking you over, noting various injuries. "... I thought you knew your life was important, too. You've got some pretty nasty cuts, here."
"It's nothing. I can still fight," you say.
"Really?" She wraps a bandage around one of the wounds you took, tightening it. You grimace.
"Ow! Hey, that's a bit tight-"
"Then you'll remember that you screwed up." She tightens it a bit more. "Also, don't you raise your voice at my sister like that again. She was only trying to help."
Out of the corner of your eye, an injured Rarity trots up to Pinkie, and starts taking care of her. The two are talking.
"... Yeah. I know... I'm just... on edge. I almost lost Sora out there earlier... and now all this is happening..." You look at them. "Damn those sleepyheads. I'm so sick of all these 'heart problems.' Heartless, losing hearts, glowing hearts, hearts of worlds, hearts
hearts hearts..." You look at your sword hand. "I wish I could just
go in there and fix whatever's wrong with them... you know?"
"I get it. But this is the real world. That sort of thing is just impossible."
"... Yeah."
"Light, I'll take it from here," Serah says as she walks up. Light sighs.
"Alright. Behave, you two."
"Dr. Haruno has a few other patients she needs to handle, but she's on her way," Serah says as she kneels down next to you and starts taking care of your injuries. "... It's going to be okay. You know that, right?"
(Riku, Kairi, and Sora's HP is set to full)
(Donald and Goofy have completed their Mission, recieved 40 EXP each...
Donald Leveled Up! He gained 1 ATK!
... and fully upgraded the CLAYMORE system...!?!?!)
Traverse Town Missions, Day 49:
Rescue Fourth District: "Be advised, a new enemy type has appeared. It's proving extremely dangerous - engage with caution." "... Receiving Enemy Image... What. I thought I killed all of these! ... Alright. Samus Aran to all fighters. Everyone without freezing powers, do not engage those enemies. Leave them to me."
Support Ninth District: "The CLAYMOREs are suddenly fully activated? Whew! Looks like Merlin's pulled through for us again. That takes a load off our backs."
Secure Eighth District: "The civilians have been escorted out. Time to take this fight to them!"
Support Joshua's Club: "Hm. This might actually be a problem." "HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM, DUDE!?" "It's really quite simple. After all, I didn't come this far just to see my friends die again."
Support Fountain Plaza: "Donald Duck to Tenth! We've finished upgrading the CLAYMORE..." "Uh... Donald?" "Yeah?" "Take a look at that." "... ACK!" "That's... a problem."
Retreat: Sora and Kairi are out of commission... I can't keep fighting like this on my own. I have to stay here and recuperate...
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Music:
Riku's Theme
Characters:
KHVD Main Party Sheet
KHVD Main Party Growth Chart
Link Shards
Gummi Ship
KHVD Minor Party Members Sheet
Shop Sheet
Jiminy's Journal
Ansem Reports
Sora's Vision History